Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 v. State

Decision Date27 July 2001
Docket NumberNo. 69433-8.,69433-8.
Citation27 P.3d 608
PartiesAMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION LOCAL 587, Respondent, v. The STATE of Washington, Appellant, the $30 License Tab Initiative Campaign, Appellant-Intervenor. Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, Respondent, v. The State of Washington, Appellant, the $30 License Tab Initiative Campaign, Appellant-Intervenor. City of Bainbridge Island, Respondent, v. The State of Washington, Appellant, the $30 License Tab Initiative Campaign, Appellant-Intervenor. Tacoma Water, Respondent, v. The State of Washington, Appellant, the $30 License Tab Initiative Campaign, Appellant-Intervenor. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Respondent, v. The State of Washington, Appellant, the $30 License Tab Initiative Campaign, Appellant-Intervenor. Port of Whitman County, Respondent, v. The State of Washington and the $30 License Tab Initiative Campaign, Appellants. Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, Respondent, v. The State of Washington, Appellant.
CourtWashington Supreme Court
ORDER CHANGING OPINION

It is hereby ordered that the opinion in the above cause, as the same appears at 142 Wash.2d 183, 11 P.3d 762, be changed as follows:

1. The caption of the opinion is changed to read as set forth above.

2. In the eighth line from the top of page 197 first column, line 8 of p. 776 of 11 P.3d, the sentence beginning with the words "In Tacoma Water" is deleted and the following sentence is inserted in its place:

In Tacoma Water v. State, Tacoma Water (a division of Tacoma's Department of Public Utilities), Covington Water District, Lakehaven Utility District, Seattle Public Utilities (a Seattle city department), and individual E.E. (Ted) Coates (an individual voter paying rates and taxes) sought a declaratory judgment that the voter approval requirements of section 2 of I-695 do not apply to water rates or other utility charges (including charges for goods, services, or benefits provided in exchange for monetary or other consideration), to local improvement assessments, to connection or capacity charges, or to intergovernmental and intragovernmental payments and charges.

3. In the 16th line from the bottom of page 198 2nd column, 27 lines from top of page 776 of 11 P.3d, the sentence beginning with the words "The $30" is deleted and the following sentence is inserted in its place:

The $30 License Tab Initiative Campaign (the Campaign) was a defendant in Port of Whitman County v. State and intervened in all other cases except Puget Sound
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